Bookerei Sync: Keep Your Library in Sync Across Multiple Computers

☁️ One Library, Every Computer

Bookerei can keep one library consistent across multiple computers by placing the library in a folder that all of them can access. That folder can be managed by OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, another file-sync provider, or a shared drive.

This means the same books, reading progress, notes, and shelves appear on every machine — without accounts, servers, or extra services.

⚙️ How It Works

Sync starts automatically when you choose a repository folder outside Bookerei's default internal location. There is no account sign-in required for Bookerei sync itself — pick a shared folder, and Bookerei takes it from there.

🔄 What Is Shared

Bookerei synchronizes:

• books and their catalog details;
• reading status, position, progress, and ratings;
• bookmarks and notes;
• authors;
• shelves;
• additions, edits, and deletions.

The shared repository also contains the actual book files, covers, author images, shelf images, and book metadata files. Your folder provider — not Bookerei's change-sync system — moves those physical files between computers.

✅ Before Setup

Make sure that:

• the same shared folder is available on every computer;
• you have read and write permission to it;
• the folder is stored locally;
• each computer's date, time, and time zone are set automatically.

🖥️ Set Up the First Computer

Use this procedure when the first computer already has the library you want to share:

For a brand-new empty library, select the shared folder on the first computer and then import books normally.

💻 Set Up Each Additional Computer

Each additional computer builds its own local database from the shared snapshot and later change files. Do not copy Bookerei's private app-data or preferences from one computer to another; each installation needs its own device identity.

⚔️ Conflicting Changes

When the same item is changed on two computers, the change with the newer modification time wins.

Because this relies on timestamps:

• keep computer clocks accurate;
• avoid editing the same book, note, shelf, or author on two computers at the same time;
• let one computer and the cloud provider finish before continuing on another.

🎬 Wrapping Up

Bookerei Sync gives you one library across all your machines with almost no setup — just a shared folder and a few clicks. Set up the first computer with Copy all data on, add the rest with Copy all data off, and let your cloud provider do the file moving.